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diff --git a/src/emacs.c b/src/emacs.c
index d318fd4649..70db900246 100644
--- a/src/emacs.c
+++ b/src/emacs.c
@@ -2152,6 +2152,13 @@ synchronize_locale (int category, Lisp_Object *plocale, Lisp_Object desired_loca
 {
   if (! EQ (*plocale, desired_locale))
     {
+#ifdef WINDOWSNT
+      /* Changing categories like LC_TIME usually requires to specify
+	 an encoding suitable for the new locale, but MS-Windows's
+	 'setlocale' will only switch the encoding when LC_ALL is
+	 specified.  So we ignore CATEGORY and use LC_ALL instead.  */
+      category = LC_ALL;
+#endif
       *plocale = desired_locale;
       setlocale (category, (STRINGP (desired_locale)
 			    ? SSDATA (desired_locale)